Seriously, these guys need to boost their self-confidence. They don't need to show-off their bodies that way. Just go out and skate their best and show who will be better. Childish boys!

Ahahaha, but really!! Looks fade. Accomplishments and personality don't - that's what they should be aiming to be great in (and I'm sure they are). Granted, my eyes aren't going to complain if they look that good working towards those things....

EDIT: - And I agree with whoever said that it's nice to see that Ruslan is working hard! I'm glad that he's training hard and has that desire to better himself for the overall goals he and Elena have.

Seriously, these guys need to boost their self-confidence. They don't need to show-off their bodies that way. Just go out and skate their best and show who will be better. Childish boys!

I don't think I've ever seen a rivalry in ice dance before where the 2 boys feel the need to compete with each other to show off who has the best body!

I assume it's because they are both young and maybe it is part of the macho culture they are surrounded with over there. Who knows? Even Vladimir Putin has gotten the press to take photos of him shirtless to show how tough he is!

This is hilarious! Rivalries are such beautiful, beautiful things. Hopefully both teams can bring that kind of passion to the ice--then we're talking! Hey, if they feel strongly enough to show off their bodies, hopefully they'll feel strongly enough to train their butts off too. Russian drama FTW!

This is hilarious! Rivalries are such beautiful, beautiful things. Hopefully both teams can bring that kind of passion to the ice--then we're talking! Hey, if they feel strongly enough to show off their bodies, hopefully they'll feel strongly enough to train their butts off too. Russian drama FTW!

I agree! This will finally be what draws me into ice dance for good. Thank god selfies never became a "thing" until I learned to take them rarely and be fully clothed, lol!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY would they do it WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY????

It's not even that I am a huge fan of them (though I am a fan) but it just makes no SENSE. They are just now starting to be SUCCESSFUL, that is not the time to break up.

I feel the same way. They are so young and could be gold medal contenders in 2018. But Elena is so good looking and a media darling and perhaps her photo shoots etc. bothered him. I don't know. But there is no reason for them to break up unless they are tired of each other or have personality conflicts. The Russian Federation must be disappointed by this. Hopefully they will each get good partners and become good ice dance teams separated from each other.

A fistfight in Elena's honor! Someone hitting Nikita with a flower bouquet as he exits the ice! Morozov seeks revenge! The climax of this entire thing is yet to come!
I predict a total showdown at Russian nationals next season - and I'm excited.

This sounds promising!!! The battle of the EXs!!!! Nikita hit Ruslan so hard he hit the ground, Elena runs into between to protect her new partner. Victoria throw the flower at Elena, Morozombie's dramatic entrance to end the fight.
And Tarasova standing above the arena with facepalm!!

This sounds promising!!! The battle of the EXs!!!! Nikita hit Ruslan so hard he hit the ground, Elena runs into between to protect her new partner. Victoria throw the flower at Elena, Morozombie's dramatic entrance to end the fight.
And Tarasova standing above the arena with facepalm!!

It sounds logical, Alba.
But why that mention about Olympic Medals then? She lost motivation because of Nikita and his plans, no? Why to put there Olympic Medals then? She felt bad because of Nikita’s behaviour, with or without Olympic Medals, no? Why to connect lose of motivation with any medals like she did. Or did she mean that without Olympic Medals her motivation would stay on place, so Nikita’s behaviour would not be that bad in this case?

Because the question to her previous answer, about being mad and dissapointed about the news and why she didn't see the reason to go to Japan after that, was about the world title. So she said, well after 2 Olympic medals the World title giving the circumstances meant nothing, and it's true isn't it? Still, she was able to perform as good as she could.
I mean, I really understand her. I left a performance (and it was the exam of the year) in the middle and went out of the concert hall because I was mad. I was very young but still it was a stupid thing to do, but I did it. She was wise and brave enough to use her anger to her advantage.

And why she never noticed lose of motivation in all previous cases when Nikita wanted to split?

Well, first of all the question was about this case, about what happened now not the past. Second, in their previous cases they were not aiming for a medal and If I'm not mistaken it didn't happened before a competition.
She was not saying that because of the news she lost motivation about skating in general, but that she didn't understand how can someone go to Worlds and dance for the World title after knowing that your partner doesn't want to skate with you aymore, and is doing all this behind your back.

I would like to see some videos from practises from both couples, it would be interesting to compare.

I guess Elena was not motivated to skate in world because she sensed the split was real, unlike previous rumors. She is very smart and handled it well eventually. Hope she ends up with better partnership(than this ex) and results.